tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8188078120365131355.post383302476831584720..comments2024-01-16T04:04:41.045-05:00Comments on Someday I'll Sleep Autism Blogs: A Day in the Life of Our Little HomeschoolCammie Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07137080807945525006noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8188078120365131355.post-6001866977630698142014-05-28T20:05:08.432-04:002014-05-28T20:05:08.432-04:00I am eventually planning on getting Story of the W...I am eventually planning on getting Story of the World Vol 1, to read through with my children to cover the basics prior to Ancient Greece, but then we use Memoria Press's Famous Men series, (Greece, Rome, Middle Ages, Modern Times - and I think there is an Ancient Egypt one but it isn't sold through Memoria Press) to cover World History in the early years. <br /><br />If you like The Well-Trained Mind, Memoria Press and their classical curriculum you ought to check out. I have never read The Well-Trained Mind, but I have Designing Your Own Classical Curriculum by Laura Behrquist, and a large part of what I use, especially this next year, will be coming from Memoria Press, with the exception of Religion, Math, and Spelling. <br /><br />It is a Christian publisher, but they have several Catholic offerings too, (they advertise a couple of Peter Kreeft's books, and have sophomores reading City of God). They're religion, math and spelling is not specifically Catholic, nor is it just simply secular (as math and spelling go). So we use Faith and Life for religion, combined with Saint biographies and Bible Studies. We use Life of Fred for Math, and I use Sadlier Vocabulary books for spelling (killing two birds with one stone). Not that Life of Fred is Catholic, but my kids really, really enjoy it. sullijohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11523394073183945255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8188078120365131355.post-35397011463931491622014-05-28T17:41:33.530-04:002014-05-28T17:41:33.530-04:00I must be missing something. We are completing the...I must be missing something. We are completing the Vol. 3 of SOTW this year and I didn't notice any real anti-Catholicism. <br /><br />Regardless, I have one friend, very devout RC family, who uses RC History's Connecting with History. I don't know much about it but I could ask her. She uses it for Religion but it does basically go through History from a Catholic perspective. http://www.rchistory.com/time-periods/Katherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01113818823824140462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8188078120365131355.post-7872530341603422622014-05-28T15:42:21.803-04:002014-05-28T15:42:21.803-04:00Love the Faith and Life series! They use them at o...Love the Faith and Life series! They use them at our parish's First Communion and Confirmation programs! (of course the school board uses something really airy fairy) F+L is a nice solid catechism. A friend's child (not F+L) program; had questions like "what is your favorite part of Mass" To which he answered: "Leaving"! F=L avoids such situations by asking more concrete questions about The Holy Family, Sin etc.Patiencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08567149340809225297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8188078120365131355.post-81701484742695299932014-05-28T13:46:08.752-04:002014-05-28T13:46:08.752-04:00Cool. I like the overview!
Cool. I like the overview! <br />Snaffy500https://www.blogger.com/profile/17395524590116694762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8188078120365131355.post-67452076859148204922014-05-27T20:59:03.864-04:002014-05-27T20:59:03.864-04:00It's very difficult to find a History series t...It's very difficult to find a History series that isn't either anti-Christian all together or anti-Catholic without going to a Catholic publisher. I've resigned myself to having to work around it somehow when we have kids because I don't really like the Catholic curricula.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00297655766233650312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8188078120365131355.post-25319466209074385782014-05-27T10:58:25.966-04:002014-05-27T10:58:25.966-04:00A GREAT overview of history is DR. WARREN CARROL&#...A GREAT overview of history is DR. WARREN CARROL's CHRISTENDOM SERIES. They are written for adults, but I would read in them and then story-tell the content at their level and let them quiz me and I would quiz them back. That was fun! If you find a strongly Catholic classical history for children program I'd love to hear about it too.Annnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8188078120365131355.post-8159847468346930532014-05-27T10:52:12.053-04:002014-05-27T10:52:12.053-04:00My criticism of Susan Baur's books are similar...My criticism of Susan Baur's books are similar. They get anti-catholic AND they ignore the thousand year Christian Empire that knew itself as the Eastern Roman Empire and we know it as Byzantium. Although nearly all History programs do leave out Byzantium.<br /><br />I can recommend the SETON workbooks for Science and History to supplement what we have always done unit study style because it is so fun that way. I love how both give information on famous Catholics, which can lead to some fun biographies.<br /><br />My next child to homeschool is gradually showing readiness. I can hardly wait!Annnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8188078120365131355.post-22227786863224493142014-05-27T07:17:18.731-04:002014-05-27T07:17:18.731-04:00Oh no! Thank you for the heads up! I wish there w...Oh no! Thank you for the heads up! I wish there was something comparable (in terms of how it goes through history, because I really like the order) without that skew. I think I'll probably plan to use it and read ahead like you suggested and then just substitute in the same time periods with the actual history from Catholic and other not anti-Catholic sources... or maybe this will finally inspire me to start writing. I keep coming across things that we're using and getting ideas for writing my own curriculum... I just wish there were more hours in the day!Cammie Dianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07137080807945525006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8188078120365131355.post-23440531754834332472014-05-27T00:24:59.568-04:002014-05-27T00:24:59.568-04:00Just a heads up from someone who taught Susan Wise...Just a heads up from someone who taught Susan Wise Bauer's Story of the World: by Vol. 3 it's unabashedly anti-Catholic. If you go that far with her history books, make sure you read ahead and check alternate sources if your history isn't in tip top shape, before going through the lessons with Sadie. I skipped chapters altogether when I taught it, and eventually found a different history curriculum because the "history" was presented from a narrowly Protestant "viewpoint," and painfully anti-Catholic at times. TBAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com